by thirzah | Feb 22, 2023 | About Thirzah
My Biggest Fear As A Writer I’ve been writing for a long time, but if I’m going to be completely honest, publication terrifies me. Why publish my work when I can spend the rest of my life rewriting and editing the stories over and over again? After all, I don’t want...
by thirzah | Feb 8, 2023 | About Thirzah, Inspired Posts
The Start of A Story The writing process has always been a rollercoaster of a ride for me. I really enjoy the first part of the process—choosing a concept for a story—because that’s the easiest part (at least for me). I’ve never been short on ideas for stories....
by thirzah | Feb 5, 2023 | Worldbuilding
Today’s blog is the last installment of my series on creating fictional governments. Predictable Plots A lot of books, shows, and movies feature tyrannical rulers (kings, queens, emperors, etc.) that are very cruel, childish, or just very unlikable. These...
by thirzah | Jan 11, 2023 | Inspired Posts
Release Day! Today is the official release day for Every Bush Afire, a book by Kyle Peters. I actually had the honor of copy editing and designing the inside layout of the book, so to celebrate the release of Every Bush Afire—and my first experience with being a part...
by thirzah | Dec 22, 2022 | Inspired Posts
Lessons Learned Last week, I talked about how I “failed” as an author, and mentioned four lessons that I learned from my failure. This week, I want to go a little deeper into how failing or making mistakes affects us and our writing. Note: if you were wondering, my...
by thirzah | Dec 14, 2022 | Inspired Posts
Lessons Learned Last week, I failed as a writer. Or at least, that’s how it felt. I’ve spent six months planning, worldbuilding, and writing a novel that just wouldn’t work. Nearly 40,000 words were wasted on my failure of a story—and I didn’t even get halfway...
by thirzah | Dec 7, 2022 | Worldbuilding
The Point Of Government Last week, we discussed possible reasons why people living in a society might allow a governing system to rule over them. This week, we’ll be answering two very important questions. Question #1 What’s the point of a government/political...
by thirzah | Dec 1, 2022 | Resources
Special Announcement! This week we’ll be taking a break from how to write fictional governments because I have a special announcement (if you couldn’t tell from the picture and blog title), so be sure to read to the end so you don’t miss out!...
by thirzah | Nov 16, 2022 | Worldbuilding
Creating (And Breaking) Rules Last week I posted a blog on creating fictional societies using the cause-and-effect method. This week we’ll be discussing how to create fictional governing systems. This will be a two-part blog (at least) so be sure to join my...
by thirzah | Nov 2, 2022 | Worldbuilding
In today’s blog, we’ll be discussing how to create fictional societies from scratch by using the cause-and-effect method. When I first started writing fantasy, I focused more on the plot than the worldbuilding—mostly because I had no idea how to world-build. ...
